U.S. Rep. Vance McAllister (right) talks with Roy O. Martin III (left), president and CFO of Roy O. Martin Lumber Company at the Central Louisiana Chamber of Commerce in January in Alexandria.

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Deborah Barfield Berry
Gannett Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON - With less than five months on the job, GOP Rep. Vance McAllister of Louisiana doesn't have much of a legislative record.

He's signed onto a few letters with other members of the Louisiana delegation and gave a birthday shout-out from the House floor to a 90-year-old constituent. He's introduced one bill that has no co-sponsors, and he ranks near the bottom in seniority on his two committees. And he invited a "Duck Dynasty" star to be his guest at this year's State of the Union speech.

Despite his brief tenure, McAllister has become fairly well-known, but not in a way that will help him ...